CLion 2017.1 Help

New File Type

The dialog box opens when you click the Add button or select a custom file type and click the Edit button on the File Types page.

Use the dialog box to configure and re-configure presentation and highlighting of keywords, comments, numbers etc. in files of a specific custom file type. These settings make the basis for parsing files of this type in the editor.

Item

Description

Name

In this text box, specify the name of the file type.

Description

In this text box, provide an optional description of the file type.

Syntax Highlighting

In this area, specify the character strings to indicate borders of comments, the numeric system used, and configure highlighting for brackets, braces, etc. syntax elements.

Line comment

In this text box, specify the character string to indicate the start of a single-line comment.

Only at line start

If this check box is selected, the character string that denotes the beginning of a line comment, is recognized as a comment if located in the first position of a line.

This check box becomes available if at least one character is inserted in the Line comment field.

Block comment start

In this text box, specify the character string to indicate the start of a block comment.

Block comment end

In this text box, specify the character string to indicate the end of a block comment.

Hex prefix

In this text box, specify the character string to indicate that the subsequent value is a hexadecimal number. For example, 0x.

Number postfixes

In this text box, specify the character string to indicate which numeric system or unit is used. A postfix is a trailing string of characters, for example, e-3, kg etc.

Use this area to flexibly configure highlighting of keywords by grouping them into sets and associating each set with its own highlighting scheme.

The area consists of 4 tabs. In each tab, create a set of keywords using the Add and Remove buttons. To associate a keyword set 1-4 with a highlighting scheme, edit the corresponding Keyword1 - Keyword4 property on the Custom page of the Colors and Fonts dialog box.

Click this button to open the Add a new keyword dialog box and define the new keyword there.